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The First Group of Chinese Tourists Arrives in Cuba After the COVID-19 Pandemic

14ymedio, Havana, 16 August 2023 — The first group of Chinese tourists traveling to Cuba since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic arrived at Havana airport on Monday. The Island, which last received visitors from the Asian country in 2020, has been preparing the ground for months, not only for the massive arrival of vacationers … Continue reading “The First Group of Chinese Tourists Arrives in Cuba After the COVID-19 Pandemic”

COVID-19 in Havana: An Alibi to Perpetuate the Castro Pandemic / Miriam Celaya

Cubanet, Miriam Celaya, Havana, 1 September 2020 — The new bundle of measures that begins to rule for 15 days in the Cuban capital starting today, Tuesday, September 1st, comes to place a new marble slab on the spirit of the capital after five harrowing months of an epidemic whose end is a period as … Continue reading “COVID-19 in Havana: An Alibi to Perpetuate the Castro Pandemic / Miriam Celaya”

What The Covid-19 Pandemic Has Taught Me

14ymedio, José Conrado Rodríguez Alegre, Trinidad, Cuba, 24 May 2020 — When the Covid-19 pandemic was declared in Cuba, it was precisely in the city of Trinidad, where I lived and worked as a Catholic priest for just over seven years, where the epidemic began: three Italian tourists and one North American were the first … Continue reading “What The Covid-19 Pandemic Has Taught Me”

The Covid-19 Emergency in Cuba, Days 59 to 61: Anniversary in the Midst of the Pandemic

14ymedio, Yoani Sánchez, Havana, 21 May 2020 — This Thursday I got up before the alarm went off. There are days when it is difficult to get my body out of bed, but I popped out like a spring and immediately brewed the coffee. It is not every day that a child’s sixth birthday is … Continue reading “The Covid-19 Emergency in Cuba, Days 59 to 61: Anniversary in the Midst of the Pandemic”

Complaints in Sancti Spiritus About the Water Bills From the Time of the Pandemic

14ymedio, Mercedes García, Sancti Spíritus, 29 March 2024 — Luisa López was stunned this Wednesday when, under her door, in the city of Sancti Spíritus, someone left a water bill. On the piece of paper was the amount of 1,200 pesos, a fee that had accumulated since 2020, when the Cuban authorities decreed the suspension … Continue reading “Complaints in Sancti Spiritus About the Water Bills From the Time of the Pandemic”

Cuba: ‘In Manzanillo Those Who Died From COVID-19 Were Buried in Mass Graves, up to 200 in a Single Day’

14ymedio, Juan Matos, Manzanillo (Granma Province), 2 February 2024 — In the San Francisco cemetery complex, fifteen minutes by car from the municipal necropolis of Manzanillo (Granma), up to 200 dead were buried in a single day in mass graves during the worst time of the pandemic. Mobilized by order of the authorities, the gravediggers … Continue reading “Cuba: ‘In Manzanillo Those Who Died From COVID-19 Were Buried in Mass Graves, up to 200 in a Single Day’”

Cuba Recommends Wearing Masks in Crowds, but Does Not Require Tourists To Take Covid Tests

EFE (via 14ymedio), Havana, 9 January 2024 — The Cuban Public Health Ministry this Tuesday recommended that people use masks in crowds and keep to the program of vaccination against covid-19. The request, issued in an article from the Minister of Public Health, José Ángel Portal Miranda, came out just after the country kept to its … Continue reading “Cuba Recommends Wearing Masks in Crowds, but Does Not Require Tourists To Take Covid Tests”

The Supreme Court of Mexico Demands Data on the Expired Doses of Cuba’s Abdala Covid Vaccine

14ymedio, Ángel Salinas, Mexico, 1 September 2023 — The Supreme Court of Mexico has ordered the Federal Ministry of Health on Thursday to reveal the number of vaccines against COVID-19, including the Cuban Abdala, which expired before their application, as well as the manufacturer and batch of origin. In a statement, the Court stressed that … Continue reading “The Supreme Court of Mexico Demands Data on the Expired Doses of Cuba’s Abdala Covid Vaccine”

Tourism is Still Stagnant in Cuba, With 50 Percent Fewer Visitors Than Before the Pandemic

14ymedio, Havana, 6 March 2023 — The collapse of tourism in Cuba once again marks a milestone this February, when the Island barely registered 186,343 visitors according to preliminary official data. Although we will have to wait until later to have the complete report of the National Office of Information and Statistics (Onei), the official … Continue reading “Tourism is Still Stagnant in Cuba, With 50 Percent Fewer Visitors Than Before the Pandemic”

This Year Cuba Received Only 44.5 Percent of the Tourists Who Arrived Before the Pandemic

14ymedio, Havana, 28 September 2022 — Tourism activity, one of the main sources of hard currency in the Cuban economy, hasn’t managed to recover even half of the international visits recorded before the pandemic. Between January and August of this year, Cuba received 1,390,000 tourists, barely 44.5% of the total recorded in the same period … Continue reading “This Year Cuba Received Only 44.5 Percent of the Tourists Who Arrived Before the Pandemic”

Cuba, Summer 2022: Clay for Children or a Vaccine Against COVID-19?

14ymedio, Elias Amor Bravo, Economist, 31 July 2022 — Cuba’s State newspaper Granma wants to leave behind this month of July, of accumulation of anomalies for the regime, with some news that aims to mean a return to normality. Not so much to justify that 10.9% GDP growth that Economy Minister Alejandro Gil Fernandez said … Continue reading “Cuba, Summer 2022: Clay for Children or a Vaccine Against COVID-19?”

Clothes, Cocktails and Music: A Cuban Entrepreneur Against the Crisis and Covid

EFE (via 14ymedio), Raquel Martor, Havana, 8 June 2022 — Cuban Loypa Izaguirre, with her small business in Old Havana that offers designer clothes, cocktails and music, is an example of the new generation of young entrepreneurs that is emerging on the island despite the crisis and the pandemic. The 33-year-old has been promoting the … Continue reading “Clothes, Cocktails and Music: A Cuban Entrepreneur Against the Crisis and Covid”

The Cuban Government Declared Only One Seventh of the Deaths from Covid, According to National Statistics

14ymedio, Havana, 16 May 2022 — The latest demographic data from Cuba’s National Office of Statistics and Information (Onei) are unappealable: in 2021, 55,206 more Cubans died than in 2020. According to a report dated May 11, last year 167,645 people died on the island, compared to the 112,439 who did so the previous year, an increase … Continue reading “The Cuban Government Declared Only One Seventh of the Deaths from Covid, According to National Statistics”

The Good Friday Way of the Cross Returns to Havana After Two Years of the Pandemic

EFE (via 14ymedio), Raquel Martori, Havana | 16 April 2022: The Good Friday Stations of the Cross once again returned to the streets of Havana after two years of isolation for Cuban Catholics due to the crisis generated by the covid-19 pandemic. Hundreds of people of all ages — most of them adults — joined the procession that started … Continue reading “The Good Friday Way of the Cross Returns to Havana After Two Years of the Pandemic”

Prison Sentences in Cuba for Protesting During the Pandemic and Yelling ‘Diaz-Canel Motherfucker’

14ymedio, Havana, February 22, 2022 — Slowly, and missing their own deadlines, Cuban tribunals have meted out new sentences which provoke indignation among the family members of the July 11th protesters, not only for the number of years in jail, but also for the motivations invoked by the judges. Maikel Puig Bergolla’s 20-year prison sentence … Continue reading “Prison Sentences in Cuba for Protesting During the Pandemic and Yelling ‘Diaz-Canel Motherfucker’”